One sells you a card you can tap. One gives you a page people can find.

Side by side

What each one actually costs

Mobilo has two costs and it is easy to look at only one of them. The software is genuinely cheap: Pro is $3 a month for a single person, Teams is $4 a month billed annually with unlimited team members, and Business is $5 a month billed annually with HR directory sync, enterprise SSO and a custom domain.

The hardware is the other half. Regular list prices on their pages were $19.99 for the Mobilo branded card, $39 for a classic custom design, $59 for wood, $139 for metal and $139 for paper plus cards. A sale was running on 31 July 2026, and the discounted numbers were different on two of their own pages, so treat any sale figure you see as a moving target and check on the day. Also remember the hardware is per person. Ten staff means ten cards, plus shipping and any customs charge into India.

Ahoyy is free forever for the core: your card, your public page, the QR code, WhatsApp sharing, your saved contacts on a map, and two directory email reveals a day. A Rs 199 one-time top-up gives you 25 reveals for 30 days with no auto-renewal. Starter is Rs 299 a month and Pro is Rs 799 a month, billed in rupees through Razorpay.

Where Mobilo is the better pick

• • You want a physical card you can tap. That is the whole point of Mobilo and we sell no hardware at all. If the tap is the moment you are paying for, buy the card.
• • You want a metal or wood card that looks expensive in a meeting. Mobilo sells both. We have nothing to put in your hand.
• • You need contacts to land in a CRM. Mobilo names Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive and Microsoft Dynamics, and connects to thousands more through Zapier. Ahoyy has no integration of any kind.
• • Your company needs enterprise SSO, HR directory sync and a custom domain. Mobilo sells all three on its Business plan. We have nothing at that level.
• • Your team is large and you want a flat, cheap per-person software price in dollars. $4 a month per person with unlimited team members is a straightforward deal.
• • You want a normal app store install today. The Ahoyy mobile app is distributed through TestFlight, so you either use the web app or ask us for a TestFlight invite.

Where Ahoyy is the better pick

• • You do not want to buy hardware. Every phone in an Indian market can read a QR code. Not every phone can read NFC, and a card you lose is a card you buy again.
• • Your budget is in rupees. The core is free forever, and the paid tiers are Rs 299 and Rs 799 a month. Mobilo publishes no rupee price, and hardware shipped into India can pick up customs charges on top.
• • You have a shop, not just a job title. Ahoyy gives you a public page at ahoyy.app/b/your-shop with your service list and prices, photos, a map pin, enquiry and booking messages, and a UPI QR.
• • You want to be found, not just handed over. Our shop pages are server-rendered so search engines can read them. Personal cards at /u/ stay out of search on purpose, because phone numbers do not belong in Google.
• • You work in Hindi. The app, the business screens and our 12-category, 84-service taxonomy are all bilingual.
• • Your phonebook is the actual problem. Import from your phone with a duplicate filter, keep notes on a person, and record the place where you met them.
• • You take payments over UPI. Your shop page carries your UPI QR and we never touch the money or take a cut of it.

How to pick in one minute

Common questions

How much does a Mobilo card cost?

Regular list prices on Mobilo’s own pages on 31 July 2026 were $19.99 for the Mobilo branded card, $39 for a classic custom design, $59 for wood, $139 for metal and $139 for paper plus cards. A discount was running that day, and the sale figures differed between two of their pages, so check the price on the day you buy.

How much is Mobilo software?

Pro is $3 a month for one person. Teams is $4 a month billed annually with unlimited team members. Business is $5 a month billed annually and adds HR directory sync, enterprise SSO and a custom domain. Checked 31 July 2026. No rupee price is published.

Does Ahoyy sell NFC cards?

No. We sell no hardware. Ahoyy gives you the page and the free QR code that an NFC card would point at. If you already own a blank NFC card, most of them can be programmed with any web link, including your Ahoyy link.

Is an NFC card better than a QR code in India?

It depends who you meet. NFC is a nicer moment and works well with newer phones. Plenty of budget Android phones sold in India have no NFC at all, and NFC can be switched off in settings. Every phone with a camera reads a QR code, and a QR can also be sent on WhatsApp to someone in another city.

Is Ahoyy a free Mobilo alternative?

For the software half, yes, and free forever: your card, your public page, the QR code, WhatsApp sharing and a clean contact book. For the hardware half and the CRM integrations, no. Mobilo does things there that we simply do not do.

Can I get Ahoyy from the App Store or Play Store?

Not yet. The Ahoyy mobile app is distributed through TestFlight. Everything else runs in a browser, so you can make your card, share it and manage your shop page without installing anything.

Do these prices change?

Yes, and Mobilo runs sales, so the hardware price in particular moves. Everything on this page was read off Mobilo’s own pages on 31 July 2026. Check the current figures there before you buy.